Jesi Manabat

About Jesi Manabat

Jesi Manabat has been in the public accounting space for over 17 years, providing assurance, complex accounting, and risk advisory support to clients across a multitude of industries. He has experience working in the Big 4 as well as mid-size accounting firms, providing him with a wide array of expertise in the field. Jesi is also a Certified Internal Auditor in addition to being a Certified Public Accountant.Jesi is currently a Risk Advisory Director for Calvetti Ferguson. In this role, he provides technical accounting advisory, improvements to financial processes and operations, controls and risk advisory and internal audit support.Jesi most recently worked as a Financial Accounting Advisory Services Senior Manager with EY with focus on the financial services industry which encompasses mortgage banking, banks, broker dealer, private equity and asset management firms, crypto mining and loan and payments processors.Prior to joining EY, Jesi was a Senior Manager in the Professional Practice Office at another global professional firm and served as an accounting subject matter resource for debt and equity, equity compensations and IFRS topics and SEC report reviewer for a range of industries (which includes manufacturing and distribution, retail, government contracting agencies, software, healthcare and biotech, amongst others).He has also worked internationally (Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia and United States) in various assurance/audit capacities and has also worked on numerous cross-border securities transaction.

Experience

1. Advisory Director

   Calvetti Ferguson

   Jan 2024 — Present · Nashville, TN, US

   Support high growth entities to mitigate and address risk to continue to enable them to confidently pursue growth opportunities, innovate, and maintain the trust of their customers and stakeholders. Lead a team that enables client to manage the cost of compliance and address talent shortages by providing experience and expertise where and when you need it instead of hiring it full-time. Collaborate with leadership to help identify and execute areas of improvement for the organization with a customized approach that involves \"auditors-and-advisors\" through the following: Accounting and Reporting- Use accounting expertise to identify, assess, and communicate potential financial risks by analyzing financial data and providing insights to help mitigate those risks through informed decision-making- Improve accounting for complex transactions like acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, revenue recognition, financial instruments and other transactions- Support in public company reporting readiness or ongoing reporting needsGovernance, Risk, and Controls- Support in establishing clear governance structures, implementing appropriate controls to mitigate risks, and ensuring compliance with relevant regulations to aim for achieving your business goals- Evaluate the effectiveness of your organization’s risk management processes, internal controls, and governance, and providing objective assurance regarding potential risks- Remediate control deficiencies- Identify opportunities for efficiency and automation in your processes and controls- Support your organization as a co-sourced or out-sourced internal audit function

Education

• Lyceum of the Philippines University

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Accounting

  2001 — 2005

Skills

• Au-634 (Sas-72)
• Auditing
• External Audit
• Assurance
• Ifrs
• Consolidation
• Psak
• Financial Statements
• Financial Analysis
• Apt
• Financial Reporting
• Internal Audit
• Financial Audits
• Internal Controls
• Sox 404
• Risk Management
• Isa
• Big 4
• Accounting
• Us Gaap
• Frs